Induction.

[antitrust]

You've all had some time to get to know each other; whether or not you're all getting along is another matter. Either way, one thought pattern seems to be pretty prevalent, no matter what you think of this entire situation – Where, exactly, is the Conductor? That question isn't going to be answered in full, even now; if you were hoping to work out exactly who the Conductor is...well, that's not going to be readily answered, either. What you are going to get, however, is the sound of that public address box mounted into the wall somewhere above your heads crackling to life; it's staticky and a little grating at first, like someone's fiddling with the volume control somewhere, but eventually it clears up. "Ah, is it..?" It's a little uncertain at first, but that, too, clears up soon enough; it's a male voice, at least that much is discernible. "Greetings to the lot of you, the new class at Graceside Academy; I trust you've familiarized yourself with the rules. "You can call me the Conductor."

[OOC: You can be heard just fine through the PA system, so feel free to ask any questions your little heart desires; brackets are fine, you don't need to use prose!]

Comments

[hashtagafreakingghost]

You...nothing to do with Hannah, or... Oh.

[Oh! ...Oh. Does this make her feel better or not?? This is the most unsettling moment here so far, give her a moment, Conductor.]

B-but- you're the guy, the one from the lodge, right?! You're the- where's Josh, I didn't see him!

[antitrust]

No one you know is here, Discerning. Only you.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[And she should probably follow up on that but- but there's something else and she can't help but be. So very curious about it.]

...Why do you keep calling everyone those? Discerning, or...Ardent, or whatever the heck. You know our names. Is it...more convenient for you? Whoever...you are.

[antitrust]

Yes, it is. Furthermore, names are important, but titles are just as much so.

Do you have argument with yours?

[hashtagafreakingghost]

N-no, it just-- [How can I have good judgment after what happened last year? But I didn't mean to, is that what you're saying? It still counts? It still--] ...surprised me.

[She swallows.]

You really don't know where my friends are?

[antitrust]

I can't say that I do, no.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

Did something happen? I mean, y-you... you... you knocked me out, and I thought you got Josh too.

[This is incredibly surreal, talking to her captor over the PA of an unfamiliar school.]

[antitrust]

I'm sorry...?

[No, really, what- ]

I don't understand what you're referring to.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Uh]

...The lodge. In the lodge! Josh was screaming, a-and I went to go and see what was happening, and- that's the last thing I remember, a man in a mask knocked me out and now I'm here, so that was you, wasn't it?!

[...she is starting to get more and more panicked with every word.]

[antitrust]

[a w k w a r d]

No, it wasn't. Not at all.

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[Well she's completely and entirely freaked out now and her mouth is dry and it feels like she can't even feel her skin so??]

Oh. O-oh. Th-that was someone e-else. O-kay. Okay then.

[it's time to hide away in the room she woke up in]